Bottle-cleaning machine.



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C. & W. WENDE. BOTTLE CLBANING'MAGHINE. APPLIQATION FILED SEPT. 2a, 1909.

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BOTTLE ULEANING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 23, 1909.

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machine; F ig. `2 is a frontelevationalview a plan View of the top of the elevator-shaft;

" State of Missouri, have-jointly invented a on the line 3-3 Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a plan View of the bottle-soaking tank and its-assoview, partly in section, showing a paii of jaws; Fig. 16 is an enlarged bottom plan lis an enlarged top plan viep7 of a pair of ran strains narnia-rr .-a`

CHARLESWENIDE AND WILLIAM WENDE,

OF ST. LOUIS) MISSOURI, .ASSIIGNORS` TO cI-IAsWILI. MANUFACTURING COMPANY, or sr. LoUIs, MISSOURI, a ooRroRAfrIoN F MISSOURI.

Specification of Letters Patent.

BOTTLE-CLEANING MACHINE.

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Application :filed September 23, 1909. Serial No. 519,117.

To all 'whom it may concern.'

Be it known that we, CHARLES WEiv'DE and WILLIAM VVENDE, citizens of vthe United States, residing at the city ofSt. Louis,l

new and useful Bottle-Cleaning Machine, of which the following is a specification, reference being had-to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, in which-,-

Figure 1. is a side elevational view of our thereof; Fig. 3 is a vertical-sectional view ciate parts; Fig. 5. is a-longitudinal sectional view on the line 5 5, Fig. 4; Fig. 6 is a side elevational view of thel elevator-shaft and its associate parts; Fig. 7 is4 a front elevational view ofthe saine; Fig.8 is a crosssectional view on the line 8-, 6; Fig. 9 is a cross-sectional view on the line 9 9, Fig. 6; Fig. `1() is a cross-sectional view on the line 1O-10, Fig. 6; Fig. 11 is Fig. 12 is a cross-sectional'view on the line 12-12, Fig. 6; Fig. 13 is a detail view, slightly enlarged,rof the lower bottle-elevating plate; Fig. 14 is an enlarged detail upper gripping jaws and a` pair of lower holding' Jaws and their operating niechanisni; Fig. 15 is a detail view of the casting for regulating or adjusting the amount of. movement or throw of the lower holding View of a pair of upper gripping or carrying Jaws and their associate parts; Fig. `17

lower clamping or holding jaws and their associate parts; Fig. 18 is a fragmentary detail sectional view on the .line 18.-18, Fig. 14; Fig. 19 isan enlarged plan view', partly -in section, of the mechanism for operating the upper gripping or carrying gear-carrying castings vand -its associate parts; Fig. 21 is a detail perspective view of one of the vertically-movable.gear-carrying castings; Fig. 22 isa vertically-sectional view`on-the line 22,-22, Fig. Fig. 23 is a vertical-sectional. view on the line 23-23, Fig. 20; Fig. 24 is an enlarged del'F ig. 27 is a. vertical-sectional view on the tail sectional view of one of the verticallymovable brushes and its associate parts; Fig. 25 isa cross-sectional view on the line 25 25, Fig. 24; Fig. 26 is a detail crosssectional viewon the line 26-26, Fig. 1;

line 27-2T, Fig. 26; Fig. 2S`is a detail view, showing the same in operative position, of one of the pairs of brushes used in our niachine to clean the interior side surface of the bottle; Fig. 29 is a similar view of one of the brushes used in our machine to'clean the interior bottom surface of the bott-le;

Fig, 3() is a detail view, partly in section, of one of the rotary brushes used in our machine to clean the, exterior surfaceY of the'bottle, showing the same in operative position; Fig. 31 is a sectional View on the line 31-31, Fig. 30; Fig. 32 is an elevational plan view of the valve-operating levers and their supporting-diaphiagin;

Fig. 33 is a' vertical sectional view, approximately on the line 353-33, Fig. '32; Fig.

34 is a vertical sectional view on the line 34-34, Fig. 33; F ig. 35 is anenlarged detail perspective view of one of the valveoperating levers; Fig. 36 is an enlarged detail sectional view on the line 36 36, Fig.

33; and\Fi0'. 3T is a diagrammatic view, v

illustrating the valve-chest, the several cylinders in ourinacliine, and the connectingpipes between said chest and cylinders.

This invention relates to certaiiinew and useful improvements'` in bottle-cleaning inacliines. i

l-leretofore` great difficulty has been experienced in quickly and thoroughly cleaning notonlytlie exterior, but also the interior, and particularly the bottom and coi'- ners of the interior, as they might be called, of beer bottles and the like.

The object of our invention is, therefore, broadly to provide a machine which is automatic in its operation and in and by which the bottles are thoroughly and fully cleaned, both exterioily 4and interiorly, iii a short space of time. l'

lVitli this object in view, our invention resides broadly in the novel features of construction of the various parts of our niacliine and in the novel arrangement and 4combinationfof the various parts thereof,

I 'mounted in a tank of preferably hot water,

through which tank the bottles are successively'l-shifted from said basket between a set of horizontally-disposed revolving rollers and then on to aturnetable at the 'rearward end of the tank. This turn-table is Ythen automatically operated to successively present the bottles, with their heads now facing forwardly, to a second set of horizontally-disposed revolving rollers, between which rollers the bottles are now successively shifted and moved step-by-step until they are shifted or projected into a second stationary basket. During allthis travel the bottles are being rotated insaid hot water by said rollers, and while being shifted or passed between said second set of rollers, the bottles are also exterior-ly' subjected to the action of revolving brushes, whereby not only are the bottles, lboth exteriorly and interiorly, thoroughly soaked or washed in said hot Water, but also the outer surface of each thereof is thoroughly cleaned, all labels, rust, or other foreign matter on the exterior thereof being fully removed. From said secondl stationary basket, the bottles are now successively shifted into a pivoted basket, which is adapted to successively raise the bottles from a substantially horizontal position to a vertical position with their heads down. The bottles are then successively and gradually elevated from said tank to the top of the machine; where they are successively grasped are carried by a series of pairs of reciprocating carrying-jaws through a series of pairs of stationary holding jaws to a. discharge-chute, each of said pairs of holding-jaws being adaptedto hold a bottle a short space of time. While the bottles are being so held in said holding-jaws, vertically-acting revolving brushes are` automatically 'thrust upwardly into the interior y of each bottle, the interior of each being at the same time sprayed with water, whereby the entire interior surface of each bottle is thoroughly cleaned. The said series of pairs of lower holding-jaws are preferably divided into two sets, the Water sprayed into the bottles while being held in the first set of said holding-jaws being preferably warm or hot, While the water sprayed into the said bottles while being held in said second set of holding-jaws is preferably cold, so that the interior of each bottle will not only be thoroughly cleaned, but also thoroughly rinsed before the bottles are delivered into saiddischargechute. As will be later seen, the several parts, of our machine are arranged to automatically operate at the proper time, sor-that the bottles are successively, and as might be said, step by step carried or fed through the machine oughly and fully soaked, cleaned, and rinsed in a very short space of time.

In the drawings, l and 2 indicate suitable end-fraines,see particularly Figs. 1, 2, and 3, adapted tol support the various parts of our machine and which are suitably tied together as hereinafter appearing. Mounted at the base and preferably extending between said end-frames is a preferably sheetand, duringsuch passage lor travel," are thori metal rectangular tank 3 adapted to contain Y preferably hot water, said tank being provided with an outwardly-extending, preferably integral portion 3a.. Merely for convenience in herein describing our machine, we will call the right-hand side of our machine as shown in Fig. 1 the front and the lleft-hand side the rear of our machine. Lo-

cated above and leading into said portion 3a at the front of tank 3 is a chute 4 open at its top and composed preferably of tibercovered rods 5, the bottles m being adapted to be successively and continuously passed through said chute flatwise or in a horizon-l tal position with their heads facing rearwardly or presented towardend-frame 1 on to a horizontally-disp0sed basket G arranged in said portion 3a of tank 3 and composed preferably of fiber-covered rods 7 station` arily arranged on arcshaped brackets 8 fixedly mounted on the side of said portion 3a l of tank 3, see particularlyFig. Arranged in said tank 3 and on approximately the .same horizontal plane with said basket 6,

so that saidbottles m may be smoothly shifted thereupon, are two rotatably-mounted preferably wooden rollers 9 and 10 extending substantially throughout the greater part of the length of said tank, as shown particularly in F ig. 4. For practical purposes, as long wooden rollers might warp, these rollers 9 and 10 are preferably each made up of a long metallic portion or axle 9l having iixedly arranged thereon outer wooden sectional portions 10, the said rollers 9 and 10 being rotatably mounted in a plurality of similarbraekets 11 secured to the side wall of tank 3, as'shown in Fig. 3. Arranged above, but in vertical alinement with the space between said rollers 9 and l0, is a series of short preferably wooden rollers l2 adapted to bear against the bottles a: tokeep the same in frictional engagement with said rollers 9 and 10. Each of rollers 12`is journaled or has a rotatable bearing in arms 13 fixedly mounted on short shafts 14, which are pivotally mounted in brackets 15 secured to the side wall of tank 3, whereby both ends of a roller .12 will rise and fall in unison as a bottle passes between said roller 12 and said rollers 9 and 10, and whereby also bottles of varying diameter l may be accommodated between said rollers 9, 10, and 12. On each of said arms 13 and directly above the spindle porremera,

tion ,of rollers-'12de mounted lan 'anti-fric# tion roller 16 .upon'whi-ch a leaf spring'y 17 mounted. on the side wall of "tank 3 is adapted to constantly press, so that al yielding pressure iseontlnu'ally exerted on said rollers 12, whereby the bottles fr `passingbetween said rollers 12 and said rollers 9 and 10 are maintained in frictional` engagement with said'rollers 9' and'V 10 so as to berevolved or rotated thereby.- 4

Slidably mounted in brackets 18 mounted on the side wall of said tank 3l isV ajpreferably squared shaftv 19 extending substantially the length of said rollers 9 and 1-0, see

Fig. r3. This shaft 19 is-provided with vav plurality of xedly mounted upwardly extending stems orv members 20, on which is secured or mounted a long bar-21.` Bar 21 -is provided with a plurality of springpressed tappets 22 arranged -equidistantly apart along said bar 21, the space between two tappets 22 being slightly more than .the length of a. bottle fr. Each. of said tappets 22 is provided preferably with-an anti-friction roller 23, which rollers 23 are' adapted to lie in the path ofthebottles as they pass rearwardly between rollers 9, 10, and 12, see particularly Fig.. 3. By means of a preferably fluid-controlled piston-rod 24 workingin a cylinder AVsuita'bly mounted in said tank 3, shaft 19 is`- given a reciprocatoryv movement parallel with said rollers 9, 10, and 12, whereby on its rearward movement, the bottles te, through said tappets 22, are caused to move step by step through said tank 3 and between said rollers-9, l0,

and 12, the said bottles m being at the same time constantlyv revolved or rotated by and between said rollers 9, 10, and 12; on the for ward movement of said shaft 19, however, the tappetsf22, on contacting, respectively, with the succeeding'bottle ze, are flipped or vturned outwardly against the tension of springs 25 to ride past said bottles, s o that said shaft 19 and bar 21- have practically an idle movement forwardly. As each bottle reaches the rearward end of said rollers 9,v

10, and 12, it is nowj shifted Aor projected rearwardly by means of the rearmost tap-pet 22 on said bar 21 on to a basket 26 similar' in shape and construction to `said basket 6. Basket 26 is,`however, rigidly or .fixedly mounted on'a gear-wheel 27 adapted tocooperate or mesh with a rack 28 mounted in the sides of, and Aextendingl transversely across, said tank 3. Gear-wheel 27 is provided with a stud or short-shaft 29, whichI is rotatably mounted in a bearing 30, bearing 30being slidably mounted on rods-31 'mounted in the sides of, and extending transversely across, said tank 3, see particularly Figs. 4 and 5. The lower end "of short shaft 29 is provided iwith a roller 32, which is adapted to it inand coperate with the bifurcated end of one arm 33 of a bell-crank 38' iiXedly mounted on said post 35. As a bottle is shifted upon said basket`26, the

piston-rod 437 is caused to operate, as more fullyV hereinafter appearing, whereby said basket 26, through` saidbell-erank lever 34,

rack 28, and gear-wheel 27, is. caused -to` travel transversely across the tank 3 and at 'thefsame' time make -a half turn or travel through an arc of 180", bringing the said bottle, with its head now presented toward the front of the machine into operative alinement with a pair ofrollers 38 and 39, which rollers 38 and 39 are similarto, but of somewhat shorter length than, said rollers Quand 10and are likewise similarly mounted, but on the opposite side of tank 3, see particularly Figs. 3 and 4, Rotatably mountedl above and in vertical alinement with the space between said rollers 38 and 39, is an 'interrupted or broken series of short springpressed rollers 40 adapted to cooperate with said rollers 38 and 39, the said rollers 40 being rotatably mounted in arms 13a fixedly mounted on short shafts 14a pivotally mounted in brackets 15a and spring-pressed by springs 17 a and rollers 16a in a manner similar to that in which said rollers l2 are mounted and spring-pressed as rhereinbefore' described, and the cooperating action or relation between said rollers 38, 39,-and 40 being similar to the coperating action or relation between said rollers 9, 10, and 12. Also mounted in cooperative relation with saidrollers 38, 39, and 40, to shift the bottles fr successively now forwardly from said l basket 26 and step bystep between said rollers 38, 39, and 40, is a series oftappets 41 provided with' anti-friction rollers 23Et and similar in all respects to said tappets 22 hereinbefore described and'likewise similarly mounted, but on the opposite side of the machine, see particularly Figs. 3 and 4,

the shaft 19a on which saidl tappets 41 are mounted being,'however, reciprocated by a lseparate piston-rod 42 working -in a cylinder C similar to said cylinder A. Thus, as the said basket 26 is caused to travel back andforth, as described, across said tank on the reciprocation of its Operating pistonrod 37, the bottles m are successively carried from said rollers 9, 10, and 12, to said rollers 38, 39, and 40, and then shifted step by step between, and from the rearward to the for'- ward end of, said rollers 38,39, and 40 by said tappets 41 which are reciprocated with their shaft-reciprocating piston-rod 42, the

said-bottles, while being shifted between said rollers 38, 39, and 40, being also revolved or rotated thereby. In the break in4 or inter Vmediate the ends of said series of rollers 40,

as shown particularly in Fig. 4, are rotatably mounted one or more brushes 43. Each of said brushes 43 is fxedly mounted on a shaft 44 rotatably mounted in the free ends of a yoke 45 pivotally mounted on brackets 46 secured to the outside ofthe ,side wall of tank 3, the said brushes being thus adapted to rise and fall to accommodate themselves to the contour of the bottle as the same is v shifted on said rollers 38 and 39 therebeneath. We haveshown herein two suchrotary brushes 43, but it will be obvious and should be understood that one or more of such brushes could be readily used and mounted, if` desired. The inner ends of shafts 44 on which said-brushes' are mountedextend between said yokes 45, see particularly Figs. 1 and 4, and are there preferably joined or connected by -a universal joint or flexible coupling 47 of any approved construction, whereby one brush may rise to accommodate the body or enlarged' middle `-portion of a bottle, while the other brush vmay be washing the neck or narrow portion v o f a bottle, without retarding or preventying the proper rotation of either or both of said brushes. Each of these rotary brushes 43, as will be seen from Figs. 30 and 31,

comprises substantially a hollow disk 48 provided with a hub portion49 adaptedto`j` be keyed or otherwise suitably secured on a shaft 44. The rim 48a of the-disk 48 is provided with a plurality of radially-disposed openings 50 extending into the interior of said disk. The bore of each of said openings 50 is reduced toward the interior of said disk, so as to provide an annular shoulder 50a; and in the enlarged portion of the bore of each of said openings 50 is adapted to fit a brush-socket 51, said brush-socket having on its inner end a small threaded stud 52 Iadapted to fit in the reduced portion .of

said openingand project into the interior of said disk to receive' a securing-nut 53, whereby said brush-socket is removably held in position. Each of the brush-sockets 51 is adapted to securely hold a number of strands 54 of any comparatively hard, flexible material, preferably ne wire, forming the brush proper, these strands being preferably soldered or otherwise suitably secured in said sockets. One of the side walls `of said hollow disk 48 is preferably cut exit therefrom on to the bottle during the n.

rotation of said brushes.

rlhe manner in which the brushes 43 are mounted may be compared to a hinge,` in which the foremost yoke45, see Fig. 4, corresponds to the free leaf and the-brackets 46 to the rigid or fixed leaf.- The pintle 58 of the hinge is secured to said yoke 45 by a? set screw 58L and is provided on its outer end with a bearing 59, in which bearing is rotatably mounted a short shaft 60. The shaft 60 carries on its outer end a beveled gear 61 adaptedto be driven by means hereinafter specified, and at its linner 'end said shaft 60 has a miter-gear connection 62 with the shaft 44 u on which the rotary brush 43 is mounted. the shaft 60 has a bearing on substantially the-same part on which the yoke 45 is pivoted, the miter gear 62 will always remain in mesh as the brushes 43 rise and fall' to adapt'themselves to the contour of the bottle being shifted therebeneath.

To rotate the said several rollers, each of said rollers 9 and 10 is provided with a like or similar pinion 63, which are adapted to mesh with and be driven by a gear-wheel 64 mounted on a shaft 65 suitably supported by and projecting through the front wall of tank 3, see particularly Fig. 2, and provided on its outer end-with a beveled gear 6G.' Likewise. rollers 38 and 39 are eachprovided witli a 'similar or like pinion 67 adapted to mesh with and be driven by a gearwheel .68 mounted `on a shaft `69 suitably supported in and projecting through the front wall of tank 3 and provided on its outer endwith a beveled gear70. Rotate.- bly mounted in bearings 71 on the front wall of said tank 3 isa transversely extending vshaft 72 provided with beveled gears It will thus be seen that, as

73 and 74 adapted to mesh and coperate with said beveled gears 70 and 66, respec-v tively. On one end, see Fig. 2, said shaft 72 is provided with a sprocket-wheel 75 adapted to -be connected by a chain 76 to a' sprocket 77 mounted on the main driveshaft 78 suitably mounted in the side of tank 3 and extending thereinto for purposes hereinafter appearing. By this construction, as will be seen, said rollers 9 and, l0 and 38 and 39 are adapted to be given .a constant rotary motion in the same direction, so that the bottles a', as they are shifted step by step along said rollers, will alsobe constantly rotated, and the upper rollers l2 and 40 will, in turn, be rotated by said bottles. the speed of rotation of said rollers and consequently of said bottles being governed or regulated by the speed of rotation of the main drive-shaft 78 or by the relative size ofI the respective 'gear-wheels in the train of gearing between said shaft and said rollers.

Mounted in bearings 79 on the side of tank 3, see particularly'Figs. 1 and 4, is a shaft 80, having at one end a miter-gear connection 81 with the main drive-shaft 7 S and provided on its opposite end withl a beveled gear 82 adapted to meshv with and drive the gear 61, whereby said brushes 43 are caused to rotate, but, as will be seen, in a direction opposite to the direction of rotation of the bottles ,-or in other words, inthe same direction as the direction .of rotation of said rollers 38 and39. Now, after the bottles :e have been shifted between the rollers 38,- 39, and 40, and subjected, as

described, to the action ofl sai-d rotary brushes 43, the bottles .fr are successively shifted byl the next to foremost tappet 41 i into an open-endedstationary basket 83' composed of ai plurality of preferably fibercovered rods 84 non-rotatably mounted o'n suitable brackets 85 secured to the side wall of tank-3, said basket 83 being in horizontal alinement with said rollers 38 and, 39 and bei-ng substantially similar to baskets 6 and.

26,V After being shifted into said'basket 83, the rotation of the bottles' ceases, and from this basket 83 the bottles are'successively shifted by theforemost tappet- 41 into a basket 86 adapted, as hereinafter de# scribed, to raise .the bottle froma substantion` for further washing and cleaning, it ben-g observed'that up to this time the bo-ttles have beenl thoroughly subjected, both veX'teriorly. and interiorly, to a -bath of hot Water and 'have also been thoroughly subjected exterio-rly to the cleaning action of said rotary brushes 43. Mounted in, and'at substantially the mid dl'e of, the forward end of tank 3 is a vertically-disposed cylinder D, and located adjacent and slightly to one side of cylinder D is an elevator-shaftv 87 substantially circular in cross-section and within .which the said bottles are adapted to successively raised or -elevated to the top of the machine. This eleva'- tor-shaft s87 is preferably composed of sections 88, 89, and 90, each of said sections comprising, respectively, a plurality of vertical-ly-disposed preferably fiber-covered rods. 88a, 89a,` and 90a. `Mounted upon said cylinder D and near, the' bottom thereof are curved arms orsupports 91 vupon which the rods .881v `of said lowermost section 88 'of the elevator-shaft 87 are mounted, this saidsection 88, as shownl pa-rticualrly in Figs. 6 and l10, being composed of said basket 86 when 4said basket is in raised or vertical position and the rods 88aiXedly mounted o-n said curved arms or supports 91,-the upper ends of said rods 88a being secured in a bracket or support 92 also' mounted- Eon said cylinder'D'.- It will thus be lseen-"that the I basket 86 not only forms part,- when 35' raised position, as shown in Fig. 6; of said tially horizontal'position to= a vertical posielevator shaft, but also provides, so to speak, a pivotally-mounted door for the elevatorshaft 87, this door being open for the successive entrance into said elevator-shaft 87 of the bottles :u when the basket 86 is in lowered position and closed when the basket 86 is .in raised or'vertical position. rfhe rods 89a of section 8 9 of the' elevator-shaft 87 are mounted and secured between said bracket or support 92 and a bracket or support 93 mounted en the upper` frame-work of the machine, these rods, for strengthening purposes, being tied together at suitable intervals by curved tie-members' or rings 94 and 95 provided with aout-away portion, as at 96, see particularly Fig. 9, for purposes hereinafter appearing, and -be tween which rings or tie-members 94 and 95 the rear rods 89a of said elevator-sect-ion 89 are broken off to' provide a space, as at97, also for purposes hereinafter appearing. Pivotally mounted in brackets v98 arranged onl said rin-g or tie-member 94 is a forked plate V99. This plate 99 is adapted to normally lie in a horizontal position within and'k across the elevator-shaft 87, see particu- 4larly Figs. 6 and 12, and is so arranged that, -wh-ile it is adapted to be pivotally raised in'- the space 97, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 6, it cannot fall below a horizontal, the connection between said' plate 99 Y and said brackets 98 being substantially a rule-joint. The front bars 90l of elevatorsection 90 vare ixedly mounted and arranged between said bracket o-r support 93 and a bracket- Y100 lsecured to the frame-.work of the machine, while preferably the two rear rods or bars 90a of said elevator-section 90 are mounted on short curved arms 101 pivotally connected tothe' said brackets 93 and 100, as shown 4particularly in Fig. 8, whereby said rear rods 90a may be'spread apart o-r opened like a swinging double door, for purposes hereinafter appearing, said 'rear rods 902L being yieldingly held i-n normal or closed position by a coiled spring 102 suitably attached thereto and at the bottom tlrereof, see particularly Fig. 8. The said basket 86 is of substantiallythe same shape as basket 6,'but has, at its front end, a forked end or back-plate 103, see particula-rly Fig". 10,- againstwhich the bott-les m are adapted to successively contact or bear vwhen shifted into said basket 86. Attached to the under side of said forked plate-103 is a pair of brackets 104, which are hinged to a similarpai-r of brackets 105 suitably secured to the said curved-arms or' supports 91'. The basket 86 is also provided with an arm 106 pivota'lly connectedto a preferably fluid-controlled piston-rod 107 working irr a' `cylinder E, whereby, when said piston-rod 107 is actuated or reciproca-ted in its said cylinder, the basket 86 will-l be raised or lowered from a substantially horizontal position to a vertical position, and vice versa, the cylinder E, as shown in Fig. 5, being pivotally mounted on a bracket 108 secured to said cylinder D. ri`hus, for instance,

after .a bottle :c has been shifted into said basket 86, the piston-rod 107 is timed to be properly actuated, whereupon the basket 86 willI be pivotally raised from the position shown in Fig. 5 to the position shown in' Fig. 6, and the position of the bottle m therein will be correspondingly changed from a substantially horizontal position to a vertical position with its head presented downwardly, the bottle being now in proper positio-n to be raised or elevated in said elevator-shaft 87, as will now be described.

' Working in cylinder D is a preferably Huid-controlled piston-rod 109, on the upper end of which is fixedly secured an arm 110 which extends outwardly to one side' of said piston-rod 109, see Fig. 7, and from which arm is fixedly suspended a preferably squared shaft or rod 111. As will thus be obvious, whenever piston-rod 109 is actuated or reciprocated, the rod 111 will be raised or lowered therewith. FiXedly secured to the `lower end of said rod 111 is a bracket 112, to which is pivotally connected by a rule-joint 113 an arm 114 provided with a'series of fingers 115.v Adjacent the upper end of said rod 111, an arm 116 provided with a series of lingers 117, similar in all respects to said arm 114 and fingers 115,

. has a rule-joint connection with a block or member 118 slidably mounted on said rod 111.' W'hile the normal position of said block 118 is 'adjacent the upper end of said 'rod- 111, the block 118 has a yielding bearing on said rod, for purposes hereinafter appearing, said block being arranged between two coiled springs 119 and 120 on said rod 111, see particularly Fig. 7, the lower end of spring 120 bearing against a collar 121 lixedly secured on said rod 111, and the upper end of spring 119 bearing against the -under side of said arm 110.

.It will be seen fromFigs.' 4 andv 5, that the basket'86 is arranged on an angle inwardly from said basket 83 toward' said elevator-shaft 87, so that. the bottles may be successively brought to proper position Y to be delivered into said elevator-shaft 87;

and it will also be noted that basket 86, when in lowered position, is preferably inclined slightly downwardly toward its rear, so that the said bottles a will more readily fall thereinto when successively shifted from said basket 83. Now, after a\bottle a: has

'been shifted into said basket 86 and said piston-rod 107 properly actuated, said basket 86 will be raised to vertical position, thereby forming, as described, part of said elevatorsection 88 and delivering said bottle :r into said elevator-shaft, said bottle resting for the time being, with its head or neck down,

upon said forked end-plate-flO; The said piston-rod 109 is now actuated upwardly and arm. 114 thereby also moved upwardly,

whereupon the fingers 115 will pass through f said forked end-plate 103 and engage and carry upward the said bottle :c to a point above said forked-plate 99, the plate 99 being raised out of the path of said bottle by said bottle contacting thereagainst and held by the bottle in such raised position until the bottle has been carried to a. point thereabove, when said plate 99 will drop again to a horizontal position. When the piston-rod 109 is reversely or downwardly actuated, said arm 114 with the bottle upon the ngers 115 thereof will also be carried downwardly, but in such downward movement will thus ride past said second bottle until it reaches a point beneath said bottle when it will again assume a horizontal position.

'And on said ydownward travel of said rod 111, the said upper arm 116 also will be flipped upwardly by .said first bottle now resting on said plate 99 to pass said bottle, as will be obvious, said arm 116 also. again assuming a horizontal position after it has when said piston-rod 109 is again actuated upwardly, said second bottle m will be carried upwardly to rest upon said forked plate ioo reached a point beneath said plate 99. Now, c

99, the same as heretofore described in connection with saidfirst bottle m, while the said first bottle m will be caught bythe fingers 117 of plate 116 and thereby lcarried up and into the top section 90 of the elevatorshaft 87 until it contacts with a series of horizontally-disposed lrods or bars .123 eX- tending between end-frames 1 and 2, when said bottle is in position to be grasped by a pair of reciprocating upper carrying jaws 124 hereinafter described and removed' from said elevator-shaft 87 the said rear rods 90u being forced lapart vagainst the tension of said spring 102 by said bottle as the same is being removed from said elevator-shaft. The throw of piston-rod 109 is slightly more than is required to carry the bottles to the top of the elevator-shaft,4 but as the upper arm 116 is slidably and yieldingly mounted on said rod 111, as describied, the .bottle will be heldfagainst the bars" 123 a sufficient length of timeto be grasped by saidpair of surfaces '1301 on spaced a short distance horizontallya'part,

and upon which shafts126 and 127 andspanning the space therebetween are rigidly or 'xedly mounted or supported a plurality o f similar castings or members 128, each of which castings is suitably strengthenedor reinforced on its under ysurface by ribs 128%, see particularly Fig. 16. As the said castings J128 are similar in construction, the

`construction of but one casting willbe described here.

Each casting 128 is provided with two lilre pairs of upstanding ears 129, one pair of said ears being adjacent each tie-rod 126 and 127, and in each pair of ears 129 is pivotally mounted a lever 130.. The4 lower end of each of said levers 130 Sis pivoted, as at 131, to an arm 132 carrying on their inner ends the jaws 124. 'Each ofsaid arms 132 extends outwardly, see particularly Fig. 14, beyond said pivot-point 131 and at its outer end is pivotally connected by a pin 133 to a link 134, the opposite end of each link 134 being pivotally connected by a pin 135 to a pair of ears orbrackets 136 outstanding or projecting from the casting 128, vas shown clearly in Fig:;14. Mounted. in a tapered opening 137 in approximately the center of casting 128 and rigidly or lixedly secured therein by. a nut 138 is an upright post 139 provided at its upper end with a stop-collar 140 secured thereon by a nut 141. Slidably mounted on post 139 is a member 142 .having an enlarged bore 143 in its lower end, with- -in which bore and coiled on said post 139 is adapted to lit a coiled spring 144, spring 144 being interposed between the top of saidenlarged bore of said member 142 and the top of said casting 128 and adapted to exert a c'onstantupward pressure on said member 142 tending to force the same upwardly. Integral with said member 142 and. extending outwardly therefrom are arms 145 having anti-friction rollers 146 rotatably mounted in the outer ends thereof, which rollers are adapted to coperate with or ride upon cam the inner side'of\the upper portions of levers 130. Thus, when said member'142 is free to be .moved upwardly by said spring 144, said rollers 146will ride up said cam surfaces 130A, thereby forcing the upper ends of levers V130 apart and at the same time forcing the jaws 124, carried, as described, on the .lower ends of said levers,

a groove 154L bear against or `tained in proper position together. At the upper end and preferably' flush with the top of said member 142 is a pair of outstanding lugs 147 having flat .upper faces, uponeach of which is adapted to bear an anti-friction roller 148 rotatably mounted in an arm 149 rigidly secured on a rock-shaft .150 supported by means of a plurality ,of reinforced -triangular castings 151 mounted and supported at their lower corners upon the `tieerods 126 and 127, the castings 151 alternating on said tie-rods with said castings 128. Rock-shaft 150 has lreyed or otherwise suitably secured to its outer end a dependingv arm 152 pivotally connected to a preferably fluid-controlled piston-rod 153 working in a cylinder F pivotally mounted on tie-rod 126, see particularl Figs. 2 and 19. As shown in Fig. 1, there are mounted or supported on said tie-rods 126 and 127 eleven castings 128 carrying the upper jaws 124, and to each side of and between which is a casting 151, or, in

all, twelve castings v151, these castings 128 and/151' being so arranged and tightly fixed between the ends of said tie-rods 126 and 127 that they will be reciprocated back and forth' lengthwise across the machine with said tie-rods when said tie-rods are caused to reciprocate as hereinafter described. From the above, it will be seen that, when the piston-rod 153 is actuatedin one direction, the arms 149 and their carried rollers 148 force the member 142 downwardly against the tension of vsaid spring 144, allowing said jaws 124 to open to release the bottle, and when actuated in the opposite direction, the arms 149 will be raised, permitting said member 142 to move upwardly under the tension of said spring 144, and in this upward movement of said member 142, the rollers 146 ride up said cam surfaces 1301, thereby" forcing said jaws 124 together to grasp the bottle. On each of said 4pins 133 and 135 and to eachside of each of said links 134, is a short sleeve 154, each of which is provided with an annular groove 1543. A

of said links, one end of each spring 155 being secured or coiled in a groove 154a of the sleeves 154 on pins 133, and the other end of each .spring being brought up into of the sleeves 154 on pins 135 and then over said sleeves 154 on pins 135 to engage the casting 128 in such a manner that the springs 155 exert a constant pullitending to keep said jaws 124 open orapart. Thus, after said member 142 hasbeen forced downwardly against theV tension of said spring 144, as before described, to allow said jaws 124 to open, the springs 155 act to force said jawsVA apart into open position, as shown in Fig. 14. I In order that the said jaws`124 may always be mainirr-nly grip the bottle, or, in other words,

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`spring 155 is arranged on each side of each to evenly and 

